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Marketing Director - India
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About the role
- Be part of the India Leadership Team influencing decision making and identifying marketing priorities to drive growth.
- Lead India’s target setting and deliver the Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) process
- Input India’s market requirements into AMEA & global brand leads, ensuring key insights are factored into brand strategy and assets.
- Identify A&P prioritization to fuel highest potential opportunities.
- Be accountable for Brand P&Ls in India, ensuring a heightened business performance awareness.
- Coach, develop, inspire, and lead the India consumer & customer marketing teams
- Lead in building belief and strong relationships internally with Commercial leaders & our partners to ensure successful execution of brand programmes
Responsibilities
- Build deep understanding of target consumer groups, across key geographies in India
- Identify the key market intelligence that will drive strategic business decisions
- Partner with commercial teams in achieving brand plans, especially in the on-trade
- Participate in defining the market pricing plan in close partnership with the commercial team
- Secure sign-off from Regional Category Leads on the proposed IAP and then own delivery of the plan, inspiring distributors, and commercial teams to execute the plan with excellence
- Be accountable for delivery of brand P&L performance targets (revenue, profitability, share, equity)
- Ensure measurement and evaluation & a learning plan to identify, codify and rollout successful brand growth drivers
- Oversee design and execution of selected brand assets
- Digitally savvy with social media expertise to lead digitalization, partnering with Digital Center of Excellence
- Oversees development of all consumer-facing brand assets and activities during IAP process and secure alignment with Regional Category Leads on all planned brand communication
- Ensure all brand assets developed adhere to global brand guidelines and follow the Bacardi Way of Growth
- Create a winning team and develop talent & capability
Skills and Experience
- Should be currently leading an iconic brand or portfolio of brands at a senior level in a multinational, where the incumbent would be responsible to make strategic decisions for driving brand positioning.
- Experience in leadership roles within a matrix organization.
- Proficient in handling P&L accountabilities
- Experience in leading marketing and brand strategy with a strong knowledge of the Indian landscape
- Commercial Marketer with strong understanding of all aspects of the business across the key variables: Channel, Price, Promotional activity, Through-the-line activation, etc.
- Experience in building Brand Architectures to fit consumer needs and that inform product, packaging innovation pipeline
- New World Marketing with a proven track record of building brands via digital, social, experiential, influencer and content marketing
- People developer and team builder with an ability of embracing diversity of thinking and build strong teams
- BA Marketing qualification or equivalent
- 15+ years of experience which includes holding Senior Marketing / Brand positions. Alcoholic Beverage background is a preference or should have experience working with consumer centric organisations, lifestyle brands
- Proven experience in systemic business planning and establishing marketing processes/capabilities
- Great communication skills and gravitas with the ability to present credibly to local, regional, and global stakeholders
- Resilience and mental strength to deal with ambiguity and inspire and motivate the team.
- Inspiring primo leader with drive to continuously improve and develop capabilities within the organization
- International experience is not mandatory but a bonus. Equally, this is a step in the direction of a regional or global career with Bacardi, so we are looking for Primos who are globally mobile.
Our culture
We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?
· Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.
· Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.
· Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.
When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.
Disclaimer: Bacardi is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. The duties and responsibilities described in the role profile might not be a comprehensive list.